'Ailing' Manu's mother turns up to address the press'

Manu Sharma has ostensibly been out of parole for a month- and- a- half
to take care of his " ailing" mother, Shakti Rani Sharma. But on
Saturday, the supposedly sick mother was spotted holding a news
conference in Chandigarh.

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Vikas Kahol

Chandigarh

November 9, 2009

UPDATED: November 9, 2009 09:10 IST

Manu Sharma has ostensibly been out of parole for a month- and- a- half to take care of his " ailing" mother, Shakti Rani Sharma. But on Saturday, the supposedly sick mother was spotted holding a news conference in Chandigarh.

The press meet was held at the Sharma family- owned Piccadilly Hotel.

Shakti Rani was announcing an under- 19 national women's cricket tournament in the company of Nutan Gavaskar, the secretary of Women's Cricket Association of India.

" The tournament is being organised by the Chandigarh Women's Cricket Association. It will begin at the Sector 16 cricket stadium. Shakti Rani was at the news conference as she is an office- bearer of the association," said a Sharma family source. But he evaded questions about her health, and if Manu was indeed out on parole to look after her.

Shakti Rani arrived for the conference a little later than Gavaskar. Reporters were told that she was stuck in a traffic jam.

After her arrival, she announced that the matches would be 40 overs each, and the first match would be played between Haryana and Maharashtra.

Sources in the police said Manu - who was spotted at a nightclub in New Delhi on Saturday - was regularly reporting to the Sector 3 police station every week. " He is not supposed to seek our permission for moving out of Chandigarh," said SHO Har Sahai Sharma.

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